Species Steinhausia mytilovum (Field, 1924)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Haplosporidium mytilovum Field, I.A. 1924. Biology and economic value of the sea mussel Mytilus edulis. Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Fisheries 38: 127-259.

Generic Combinations

• Steinhausia mytilovum (Field, 1924). —
  Sprague, V., Ormières, R. & Manier, J.F. 1972. Creation of a new genus and a new family in the microsporida. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 20(2): 228-231

Introduction

Based on ribosomal DNA sequence data, the Microsporidia are recognised as Fungi and not Protists. At present Australian Biological Resource Study has retained the Microsporidia as a phylum in the Protists for historical comparative purposes.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819 [MYTILIDAE] Mussel (ova)).

Associated Fauna References

Jones, J.B. & Creeper, J. 2006. Diseases of pearl oysters and other molluscs: a Western Australian perspective. Journal of Shellfish Research 25: 233-238 (Mytilus galloprovincialis)

History of changes